Railway journal box construction



March 27, 1962 T. J. SWEGER 3,027,203

RAILWAY JOURNAL BOX CONSTRUCTION Filed March 10, 1961 6 Sheets-Sheet l 1 INVENTOR.

March 27, 1962 T. .1. SWEGER RAILWAY JOURNAL BOX CONSTRUCTION 6 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 10, 1961 INV EN TOR. Theodore J 610 March 27, 1962 J, SWEGER RAILWAY JOURNAL BOX CONSTRUCTION 6 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed March 10, 1961 INVENTOR. $920696:

Y/zeadara BY M March 27, 1962 T. J. swEGER RAILWAY JOURNAL BOX CONSTRUCTION 6 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed March 10, 1961 INVENTOR. T/zeodare Jfiw Mamh .1962 T. J. SWEGER 3,027,203

RAILWAY JOURNAL BOX CONSTRUCTION Filed March 10, 1961 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 INVEN TOR.

Theodora JJaZ'JQ/f Uite States I atent lice 3,027,203 RAILWAY JOURNAL BOX CONSTRUCTION Theodore J. Sweger, Riverdale, Ill., assignor to Illinois Railway Equipment Company, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois Filed Mar. 10, E51, Ser. No. 94,842 16 Claims. (Cl. 30838) This invention relates, generally, to the construction of journal boxes for railway cars and it has particular relation to axle journal guides therein.

Among the objects of this invention are: To provide new and improved means for holding a journal guide in operative position on the inner side of a vertical side wall of a journal box; to provide a retainer in overlying relation to the journal guide for holding it in. position on a journal guide support that is attached to the journal box side wall; and to lock the journal guide retainer in operative position through interaction between it and a locking lug on the journal guide support.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view taken generally along the line 1-1 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken generally along the line 2-2 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken generally along the line 3-3 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a perspective front view of the journal guide support employed in the construction shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3.

FIG. 5 is a perspective front view of a journal guide and journal guide retainer in assembled relation for mounting on the journal guide support shown in FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is a perspective rear view of the journal guide support shown in FIG. 4.

FIG. 7 is a perspective rear view of the journal guide and journal guide retainer shown in FIG. 5.

FIG. 8 is a vertical sectional view taken generally along the line 8-8 of FIG. 9 and showing another embodimerit of the invention.

FIG. 9 is a horizontal sectional view taken along the line 99 of FIG. 8.

FIG. 10 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line Ill-10 of FIG. 9.

FIG. 11 shows perspective views of the journal guide support and the journal guide assembled in the journal guide retainer for mounting on this journal guide support for use in the construction shown in FIGS. 8, 9 and 10.

FIG. 12 is a vertical sectional view taken generally generally generally along the line 12-12 of FIG. 13 and showing another modification of the invention.

FIG. 13 is a horizontal sectional view taken generally along the line 13-i3 of FIG. 12.

FIG. 14 is a vertical sectional view taken generally along the line 1414 of FIG. 13.

FIG. 15 is a perspective rear view of the journal guide support and the assembled journal guide and journal guide retainer employed in the construction shown in FlGS. 12, 13 and 14.

FIG. 16 is a perspective front view of the parts shown in FIG. 15.

Referring now particularly to FIGS. 1. 2 and 3 of the drawings, it will be observed that the reference character 19 designates, generally, a railway car axle that is pro vided with an axle journal 11 which has at its outer end an end collar 12 that extends radially beyond the bearing surface of the journal 11. The longitudinal axis of rotation of the axle 16 is indicated at 13 and is employed as a reference base in defining the invention in certain of the claims.

The axle journal 11 extends into a railway car journal box that is indicated,' generally, at 14 and forms an integral part of a side frame of a railway car truck. The journal box 14 includes a top 15, bottom 16 and vertical side walls 17 and 18. Side frame walls 19 and 20 extend from the vertical side wall 17 toward the journal box at the other end of the truck or side frame as is readily understood. Positioned within the journal box 14 is a journal bearing 21 that rests upon the upper side of the axle journal 11 and is held in position by a wedge 22.

In order to hold the axle journal 11 centered within the railway car journal box 14 when the railway car is subjected to shocks incident to starting and stopping of the train or changing speed, journal guides 25-25, formed preferably of forged bronze bearing alloy, are provided and are mounted on the vertical side walls 17 and 18 in a manner to be described. Here the journal guides 25-25 are shown as being of symmetrical construction with projections 26-26 extending therefrom carrying bearing faces 2727 that are juxtaposed to diametrically opposite sides of the axle journal 11. Each journal guide 25 has a base portion 28 which is provided with a fiat surface 29 that overlies a flat vertical surface 30 on respective journal guide supports 31-81 that are formed preferably of drop forged steel. The journal guide supports 31-31 are of identical construction and are provided, as shown in FIG. 6, with foot portions 3232 and 3333 to facilitate welding to the respective vertical side walls 17 and 18. Each journal guide sup port 31 has a transversely extending wall 34 at its inner end, FIG. 2, which has a retaining surface 35 that faces the respective vertical side wall 17 and 18. There is an aperture 36 between the transversely extending retaining wall 34 and the main portion of the respective guide support 31 on which the vertical surface 30 is located. Near the outer end of each journal guide support 31 there is a locking lug or detent 37 which has an inclined surface 33 and a locking surface 39 both generally facing the re spective vertical side wall 17 and 18.

In order to hold each journal guide 25 in position on the respective journal guide support 31 there are provided journal guide retainers 42-42 that are formed preferably of spring steel. The journal guide retainers 42-42 are of left and right configuration but otherwise are identical and, accordingly, they will not be separately described. Each journal guide retainer 42 is provided with openings 53-43 through which the projections 2626 of the respective journal guide 25 extend as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5. Along the upper edge of each journal guide retainer 42 there is a relatively wide upper flange 44 for overlying the upper side of the respective journal guide support 31 as shown more clearly in FIG. 1. Similarly each journal guide retainer 42 is provided with an inte rally formed narrow lower flange 45 which overlies the lower edge of the base portion 28 of the respective journal guide 25. At the inner end of each journal guide retainer 42, as shown in FIGS. 2, 5 and 7, there is provided a tongue 46 that is arranged to interfit with the retaining surface 35 of the respective retaining wall 34. The tongue 46 is integral with the respective journal guide retainer 42 and also integral therewith at the outer end is a locking arm 4'? which extends therefrom and is reversely turned so as to extend in the same direction as the tongue at. The locking arm 47 has a curved locking portion 43 that is arranged to be deflected by the inclined surface 38 and to overlie the locking surface 39 to hold the respective journal guide 25 in operative position on the respective journal guide support: 31,

tli, the journal guide supports 3.E3-1 are positioned on the respective vertical side walls 17 and 18 and held in position by a suitable jig. Thereafter they are welded in place. After the axle journal 11 has been inserted in the railway car journal box 14, the journal guides 25-25 assembled with the left and right journal guide retainers 42-42 are placed in position on the respective journal guide supports 31-31 by a relative endwise movement thereof which brings the tongue 46 on each journal guide retainer 42 into registry with the opening 36 and then continued movement brings the tongue 46 into engagement with the retaining surface 35 of the respective retaining Wall 34 while the curved locking portion 48 of the locking arm 47 rides up the inclined surface 38 of the locking lug or detent 37 and finally engages the locking surface 3?. Since the journal guide retainer 42 is formed of spring steel through the interaction of the tongue 46 and the locking arm 47, it is capable of resiliently holding the respective journal guide 25 in position on the respective journal guide support 31. Since each locking lug or detent 37 is formed integrally with the respective journal guide support 31, the position thereof in the railway car journal box 14 is fixed. Thus variations in the width of the car journal box 14 are not reflected in variations in the position of the locking lug or detent 37. When the journal guide supports 31-31 are located in the car journal box 14 by the welding jig, they can be spaced apart a predetermined distance and variations in the spacing of the vertical side walls 17 and 18 can be compensated for by the welding operation. Thus the positions of the locking lug or detent 37, once applied, cannot be changed except by complete destruction of the assembly. This frees the design from depending upon variations in the width of the car journal box 1 and the necessity for taking into consideration variations in the position of the locking lug or detent 37 when it is located on the respective vertical side wall 17 or 13 and independently of the journal guide support 31.

, When it is desired to remove the journal guide 25, a suitable tool is applied to the outer end of the journal guide retainer 42 where the locking arm 47 is reversely turned and sufficient endwise force is applied to overcome the locking engagement between the curved locking portion 48 and the locking surface 39 and to move the former over the latter to disengaged position.

FIGS. 8 to 11 inclusive show another embodiment of the invention. Since the arrangement of the railway car axle in the railway car journal box 14 and the construction of the latter are the same as described hereinbefore in connection with FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, a description thereof will not be repeated.

In order to center the axle journal 11 and hold it centered under the conditions described hereinbefore journal guides 51-51 are mounted on the inner surfaces of the vertical side walls 17 and 18 of the railway car journal box 14. The journal guides 51-51 are of identical construction and are formed preferably of forged bronze bearing alloy. They are provided with projections 52-52 having bearing faces 53-53 that are juxtaposed to diametrically opposite sides of the axle journal 11. Each journal guide 51 includes a base portion 54- that has a flat surface 55 for overlying and bearing against an intermediate flat vertical surface 56 that is formed on each of journal guide supports 57-57 formed preferably of drop forged steel. Each base portion 54 of each journal guide 51 has a boss 58 that interfits with a notch 59 in the fiat vertical surface 56 of the respective journal guide I support 57 for limiting the downward movement of the respective journal guide when it is applied to operative position.

In order to facilitate the Welding of the journal guide supports 57-57 in place on the inner surfaces of the vertical side walls 17 and 13, each journal guide support is providedv with a longitudinally extending upper foot portion or flange 6t and lower foot portion or flange 61' which can be juxtaposed to the inner sides of the side Walls 17 and 18 in proper position in the car journal box 14- by suitable welding jig to permit welding of the journal guide supports 5'7-57 in proper location and in proper spaced relationship.

At the ends of each journal guide support 57 there are provided locking lugs 62-62 having inclined locking surfaces 63-63 below detents 64-64 to which inclined surfaces 65-65 extend from the upper ends of the locking lugs 62-62. It will be observed that the locking surfaces 63-63 and inclined surfaces 65-65 face toward the respective side wall 1'7 and 18.

With a vieW to holding the journal guides 51-51 in operative position on the respective journal guide supports 57-57, journal guide retainers 63-68 are provided. They are formed preferably of spring steel and are provided with openings 6 -69 for receiving the projections 52-52 of the respective journal guide 51 as shown more clearly in FIG. 9 and the upper portion of HG. ll of the drawings. Each journal guide retainer 68 is provided with upper and lower flanges iii-7i) that overlie the upper and lower sides, respectively, of the base portion 54 of each journal guide 51 and thus hold it in position. Extending laterally from the ends of each journal guide retainer 63 are looking arms 71-71 which are provided with intermediate offset inclined portions 72-72. for overlying the locking surfaces 63-63 with their upper edges 73-73 located underneath the detents 64-64 and in locking relation therewith. The locking arms 71- 1 have end portions 74-74 that are provided with apertures 75-75 for receiving a tool to facilitate app ication or removal of the journal guide retainer 68 assembled with a journal guide 51.

FIG. 11 illustrates how the journal guide retainer 68 with a journal guide 51 assembled therewith is applied to the associated journal guide support 57. The assembly is positioned above the journal guide support 57 and then is moved downwardly in the direction indicated by the arrow 76 to place the flat surface 55 on the base portion 54 in juxtaposition to the intermediate fiat vertical surface 56 on the journal guide support 57 with the boss 58 in alignment with the notch 59. Continued downward movement brings the offset inclined portions 72-72 into registry with the inclined surfaces 65-65 with the offset locking arms 71-71 extending through the upwardly opening slots 66-66. The continued downward movement of the assembly positions the journal guide 51 in operative position with respect to its journal guide support 57 with the boss 58 located in the notch 59 and the upper edges 73-73 in locking engagement underneath the detents 64-64.

The foregoing described manner in which the assembled journal guide 51 and journal guide retainer 68 is applied to the journal guide support 57 is carried in generally this manner with the axle journal 11 in position in the railway car journal box 14. When it is desired to remove the assembly from the respective journal guide support 57, the locking arms 71-71 are deflected away from the respective side walls 17 or 18 by insertion of a suitable tool and then the assembly is moved upwardly to disengage it from the journal guide support 57.

The embodiment of the invention as illustrated in FIGS. 3 to 11 inclusive with the locking lugs 62-62 formed integrally with the respective journal guide support 57 makes it possible to position them accurately in uniform spaced relation regardless of variations in the spacing apart of the vertical side walls 17 and 18. As described hereinbefore, it is possible to uniformly space the journal guide supports 57-57 apart and to accommodate variations in spacing of the vertical side walls 17 and 18 in performing the welding operation.

FIGS. 12 to 16 inclusive show still another embodiment of the invention. Since the assembly of the railway car axle 10 in the railway car journal box 14, as shown in FIGS. l2, l3 and 14, is identical with this arrangement shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, a description thereof will not be repeated.

For centering the axle journal 11 in the car journal box 14 under the conditions described hereinbefore journal guides 79-79 are mounted on the inner sides of the vertical side walls 17 and 18. Preferably the journal guides 79-79 are formed of forged bronze bearing alloy and each has a central projection 80 having a bearing face 81 that is juxtaposed to the axle journal 11 so that these bearings faces 81-81 are located on diametrically opposite sides thereof. Each journal guide 79 has a base portion 82 which is provided with a fiat surface 33 that is arranged to engage a flat vertical surface 84- of a journal guide support 85. Journal guide supports 85-85, formed preferably of drop forged steel, are welded to the respective vertical side wall 17 and 18. For this purpose each journal guide support, as shown in FIG. 15, is provided with elongated flanges 86-86 on opposite sides of a slot 87 in the rear portion. Upper and lower laterally extending flanges 88-88 are formed integrally with the journal guide support 35 and they are provided with notches 89 to facilitate the welding of the elongated flanges 86-86 to the respective side walls 17 and 18 of the car journal box 14. The under surfaces 90-90 of the upper and lower flanges 38-88 are tapered to receive correspondingly tapered flanges 91-91 of a journal guide retainer 92 which is provided for holding the respective journal guide 79 in position. The journal guide retainer 92 is formed preferably of spring steel and is provided with grooves 93-93, formed in part by the flanges 91-91 for interfitting with the upper and lower laterally extending flanges 88-88 of the journal guide support 85. Each journal guide retainer 92 has a central opening 94 that is rectangular in configuration through which the respective central projection 80 of the journal guide 79 extends as shown more clearly in FIG. 13.

Extending laterally from the outer end of each journal guide retainer 92 is a locking arm 95. It is connected with the main body of the journal guide retainer 92 through an S-shaped section 96. That portion of the locking arm 95 adjacent the S-shaped section 96 has an opening 97 that is arranged to interfit with a locking lug 98 which is formed integrally with the journal guide support 85 and extends toward the axle journal 11. The locking lug 93 has an inclined surface 99 to facilitate automatically latching the journal guide retainer 92 in position on the journal guide support 85. At its outer end the locking arm 95 has an opening 100 for receiving a tool to facilitate application and withdrawal of the assembled journal guide 79 in the journal guide retainer 92' to and from the journal guide support 85.

FIGS. 15 and 16 show how the journal guide 79 assembled in the journal guide retainer 92 is applied to the journal guide support 85. The assembly is moved endwise, as indicated by the arrows 101, to place the grooves 93-93 in registry with the upper and lower laterally extending flanges 88-88. Continued endwise movement causes the flanges 91-91 to engage wedgingly with the correspondingly inclined under surfaces 99-90 of the flanges 88-88 and the inner end of the locking arm 95 to ride up the inclined surface 99 on the locking lug 98 until the opening '97 registers with the inner surface of the locking lug 98 whereupon the assembly assumes the position shown in FIG. 13 where the locking lug 98 acts to hold the journal guide 79 in operative position on the respective journal guide support 85.

Since the locking lug 98 is formed integrally with the respective journal guide support 85, it can be positioned in proper location within the car journal box 14 even though the spacing of the vertical side walls 17 and 18 may vary slightly. This is accomplished through the use of the welding jig which places the journal guide supports 85-85 in proper spaced relationship so that the variations in the spacing of the side Walls 17 and 18 can be accommodated during the Welding operation.

What is claimed as new is:

1. In combination, a railway car journal box having spaced vertical side walls and an axle journal spaced from said side Walls, a journal guide support on the inner side of at least one of said side walls in horizontal aligned relation with the axis of rotation of said axle journal, locking lug means on said journal guide support, a journal guide overlying said journal guide support and having a bearing face juxtaposed to said axle journal, a journal guide retainer cooperating with said journal guide and said journal guide support to hold the former in operative position on the latter, and a locking arm on said journal guide retainer in locking engagement with said locking lug means to prevent disengagement of said journal guide from said journal guide support.

2. In combination, a railway car journal box having spaced vertical side walls and an axle journal spaced from said side walls, a journal guide support on the inner side of at least one of said side walls in horizontal aligned relation with the axis of rotation of said axle journal and having wedging surface means facing said one side wall, locking lug means on said journal guide support, a journal guide overlying said journal guide support and having a bearing face juxtaposed to said axle journal, a journal guide retainer cooperating with said journal guide and said journal guide support to hold the former in operative position on the latter and having Wedging surface means facing away from said one side wall and wedgingly engaging said Wedging surface means on said journal guide support, and a resilient locking arm on said journal guide retainer in locking engagement with said locking lug means to prevent disengagement of said journal guide from said journal guide support.

3. In combination, a railway car journal box having spaced vertical side walls and an axle journal spaced from said side walls, a journal guide support on the inner side of at least one of said side walls in horizontal aligned relation with the axis of rotation of said axle journal, locking lug means on said journal guide support, a journal guide overlying said journal guide support and having a bearing face juxtaposed to said axle journal, an apertured journal guide retainer through which said journal guide projects toward said axle journal, said journal guide retainer being slidably mounted on said journal guide in operative position thereon, and a resilient locking arm extending endwise from said journal guide retainer into locking engagement with said locking lug means to prevent disengagement of said journal guide from said journal guide support.

4. In combination, a railway car journal box having spaced vertical side walls and an axle journal spaced from said side walls, a journal guide support on the inner side of at least one of said side walls in horizontal aligned relation with the axis of rotation of said axle journal, and having a flat vertical surface on the side toward said axle journal, locking lug means on said journal guide support, a journal guide having a bearing surface on one side juxtaposed to said axle journal and a flat surface on the other side reacting against said fiat vertical surface of said journal guide support, a journal guide retainer cooperating with said journal guide and said journal guide support to hold the former in operative position on the latter, and a locking arm on said journal guide retainer in locking engagement with said locking lug means to prevent disengagement of said journal guide from said journal guide support.

5. In combination, a railway car journal box having spaced vertical side walls and an axle journal spaced from said side walls, a journal guide support on the inner side of at least one of said side walls in horizontal aligned relation with the axis of rotation of said axle journal andhaving wedging surface means facing said one side wall, and having a flat vertical surface on the side toward said axle journal, locking lug means on said journal guide support, a journal guide having a bearing surface on one side juxtaposed to said axle journal and a flat surface on the other side reacting against said fiat vertical surface of said journal guide support, an apertured journal guide retainer through which said journal guide projects toward said axle journal, said journal guide retainer being slidably mounted on said journal guide support and holding said journal guide in operative position thereon and having wedging surface means facing away from said one side Wall and wedgingly engaging said wedging surface means on said journal guide support in looking engagement with said locking lug means to prevent disengagement of said journal guide from said journal guide support.

6. In combination, a railway car journal box having spaced vertical side walls and an axle journal spaced from said side walls, a journal guide support on the inner side of at least one of said side walls in horizontal aligned relation with the axis of rotation of said axle journal, a journal guide overlying said journal guide support and having a bearing face juxtaposed to said axle journal, an apertured journal guide retainer through which said journal guide projects toward said axle journal, said journal guide retainer being slidably mounted on said journal guide support and holding said journal guide in operative position thereon, and a resilient arm extending from each end of said journal guide retainer into engagement with said journal guide support and biasing said journal guide into engagement therewith.

7. In combination, a railway car journal box having spaced vertical side walls and an axle journal spaced from said side walls, a journal guide support on the inner side of at least one of said walls in horizontal aligned relation with the axis of rotation of said axle journal, a locking lug on said journal guide support, a journal guide overlying said journal guide support and having a bearing face juxtaposed to said axle journal, an apertured journal guide retainer through which said journal guide projects toward said axle journal, said journal guide retainer being slidably mounted on said journal guide support and holding said journal guide in operative position thereon, and a resilient arm extending from each end of said journal guide retainer into engagement with said journal guide support and biasing said journal guide into engagement therewith, one of said resilient arms being in locking engagement with said locking lug to prevent disengagement of said journal guide from said journal guide support.

8. In combination, a railway car journal box having spaced vertical side walls and an axle journal spaced from said side walls, a journal guide support on the inner side of at least one of said side walls in horizontal aligned relation with the axis of rotation of said axle journal, said journal guide support having a flat vertical surface on the side toward said axle journal and a locking lug at its outer end on the opposite side extending toward and spaced from said one side wall, a journal guide having a bearing face on one side juxtaposed to said axle journal and a flat surface on the opposite side reacting against said flat vertical surface of said journal guide support, a journal guide retainer cooperating with said journal guide and said journal guide support to hold the former in operative position on the latter, and a locking arm on said journal guide retainer in locking engagement with said locking lug to prevent disengagement of said journal guide from said journal guide support.

9. In combination, a railway car journal box having spaced vertical side walls and an axle journal spaced from said side walls, a journal guide support on the inner side of at least one of said side walls in horizontal aligned relation with the axis of rotation of said axle journal; said journal guide support having a flat vertical surface on the side toward said axle journal, a transversely extending retaining wall at its inner end having a retaining surface facing and spaced from said one side wall, and a lockin lug at its outer end on the opposite side extending toward and spaced from said one side wall; a journal guide having a bearing face on one side juxtaposed to said axle journal and a fiat surface on the opposite side reacting against said flat vertical surface of said journal guide support, a journal guide retainer cooperating with said journal guide and said journal guide support to hold the former in operative position on the latter, a tongue extending from the inner end of said journal guide retainer and engaging said retaining surface on said retaining wall, and a locking arm on the outer end of said journal guide retainer in locking engagement with said locking lug to prevent disengagement of said journal guide from said journal guide support.

iii. The invention, as set forth in claim 9, wherein the journal guide retainer is formed of resilient sheet metal with the tongue and locking arm integral therewith and both extending in the same general direction and the journal guide with said journal guide retainer are applied to said journal guide support from a position endwise thereof.

ll. in combination, a railway car journal box having spaced vertical side walls and an axle journal spaced from said side walls, a journal guide support on the inner side of at least one of said side walls in horizontal aligned relation with the axis of rotation of said axle journal, said journal guide support having an intermediate flat vertical surface on the side toward said axle journal and upstanding locking lugs at the ends having locking surfaces facing said one side Wall, a journal guide having a bearing face on one side juxtaposed to said axle journal and a flat surface on the opposite side reacting against said intermediate fiat vertical surface of said journal guide support, a journal guide retainer cooperating with said journal guide and said journal guide support to hold the form-er in operative position on the latter, and locking arms extending from the ends of said journal guide retainer into locking engagement with said locking lugs to prevent disengagement of said journal guide from said journal guide support.

12. The invention, as set forth in claim 11, wherein upwardly opening slots are provided between the intermediate portion of the journal guide support and locking lugs, the locking arms extend through said slots and overlie the locking surfaces, and the journal guide with the journal guide retainer are applied to said journal guide support from a position thereabove.

13. The invention, as set forth in claim 12, wherein each locking lug has a detent extending toward the one side wall and the locking surface therebelow is inclined toward said one side wall and each locking arm is correspondingly inclined and the upper edge of each interfits underneath the under surface of the respective detent.

14. in combination, a railway car journal box having spaced vertical side walls and an axle journal, spaced from said side walls, a journal guide support on the inner side of at least one of said side walls in horizontal aligned relation with the axis of rotation of said axle journal, a locking lug on the outer end of said journal guide support extending toward said axle journal, a journal guide overlying said journal guide support and having a bearing face juxtaposed to said axle journal, a journal guide retainer cooperating with said journal guide and said jourlal guide support to hold the former in operative position on the latter, and a locking arm on the outer end of said journal guide retainer having an opening therein into which said locking lug extends to prevent disengagement of sai journal guide from said journal guide support.

15. In combination, a railway car journal box having spaced vertical side walls and an axle journal spaced from said side walls, a journal guide support on the inner side of at least one of said side wall in horizontal aligned relation with the axis of rotation of said axle journal and having laterally extending flanges along the upper and lower sides thereof, a locking lug on the outer end of said journal guide support extending toward said axle journal, a journal guide overlying said journal guide support and having a bearing face juxtaposed to said axle journal, a journal guide retainer cooperating with said journal guide and having downwardly and upwardly opening grooves along the upper and lower sides thereof endwise slidably interfitting with said flanges on said journal guide support to hold the former in operative position on the latter, and a locking arm on the outer end of said journal guide retainer having an opening therein into which said locking lug extends to prevent disengagement of said journal guide from said journal guide support.

16. In combination, a railway car journal box having spaced vertical side walls and an axle journal spaced from said side walls, a journal guide support on the inner side of at least one of said side walls in horizontal aligned relation with the axis of rotation of said axle journal and having laterally extending flanges along the upper and lower sides thereof, a locking lug on the outer end of said journal guide support extending toward said axle journal, a journal guide overlying said journal guide support and having a bearing face juxtaposed to said axle journal, a journal guide retainer cooperating with said journal guide and having downwardly and upwardly opening grooves along the upper and lower sides thereof endwise slidably interfitting with said flanges on said journal guide support to hold the former in operative position on the latter, the juxtaposed surfaces of said flanges and of the walls of said grooves being tapered whereby they interfit with a wedging action on endwise movement of said journal guide retainer and said journal guide into operative position on said journal guide support, and a locking arm on the outer end of said journal guide retainer having an opening therein into which said locking lug extends to prevent disengagement of said journal guide from said journal guide support.

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